Hand mirror, brush, and the like



July 4, 1944. 8 J. WINSLOW HAND MIRROR, BRUSH AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 18, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 4, 1944. s, J, wms w 2,352,820

HAND MIRROR, BRUSH AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 18, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lLl llllllllllllllll g llllllllllllllllI ,H' T59 1 3mm 3 Jamaal JWZrzsZazr Patented July 4, 1944 UNITED STATES elit sm OFF-ICE HAND MIRROR, BRUSH, ANDT-HER'LIKE 1 Samuel (LWinslow, Taunton, Mass. 7 Application January 18, 1944 Serial No 518,758

2 Claims. (01.88- 1 02) t My invention relates to new and useful improvements in toilet articles such as hand mirrors, hair brushes, and the like and has for an object to provide a, toilet article wherein the means that hold the glass or the bristle-back are made entirely of wood, and wherein the handle ma be the ends of the encompassing means or may be an extra wooden handle.

Still another object of the invention is to pro vide a toilet article wherein the article is entirely made of wood with the exception, of course, of the glass mirror (if the article is a hand mirror) or the bristles (if the article happens tobe a brush), with the exception possibl of a plastic strip that may be tightly wound around a part of the frame, as will be hereinafter more fully men tioned.

Still another object of the invention is to pro vide a toilet article such as a mirror wherein the glass is fitted within a grooved wooden band which is in turn bent to form a loop, and Within the loop and at the bottom thereof there is placed, what I term, a wedged piece, so that when the free ends of the strip are pulled together the wedge strip will be tightly forced against the band and the glass, to thus provide a wooden band. or strip that completely encircles the glass to thus tightly hold the same in position.-

Still another object of the invention is to pro: vide a mirror, hair'brush, or the like wherein the frame consists of a stripbent to form an en-'-, circling loop while the free ends of thestrip may be then tightly jammed within a socketed handle member and there pinned, or the free ends may be wedged apart with a wooden wedge and this wedge glued in position while thev strip may: be tightly bound just below the loop and slightly in advance of the apex of the wedge. v

Still another object of the invention is to pro vide a toilet article, for instance a mirror, that is held in place by an encircling wooden band or strip while within the loop there is a wedge piece, struck from the same radius that the loop is struck, so that when the free endsofthe strip are bent together just below the glass the wedge piece will more tightly jam the mirror within its band. Also there will be a wooden band com pletely about the periphery of themirror. v 4

The free ends of the wooden band will then be wedged apart with a piece of wood that may assembled there is no da-nger becoming separated. 7

Still another object of the'inventioni s to provide a toilet article which will-be relatively cheap to manufacture, easily assembled, and free of of the parts ever any metal parts. With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain new and novel constructions and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more" fully described and pointed out in the'claims.

Referring now more particularly to thedraw ingsshowing a preferred" form and several modifications; Fig. l is a front view elevation with parts broken away for-clearness of illustration; Fig. 2- is avertical sectional view taken on line 2-=-z'of-F1 1; i "Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3- -3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional 'view taken on line 4-4 of-Fig; 1 looking in the direction of the; arrows; Fig; '5' is a perspective on an enlarged scale of the'arcuate wedge piece;

Fig; dis afrontelevational view of a slightly modified form with parts broken awayfor clear ness of illustration;

Fig, 'lisia verticalsectional' view taken online Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line a s of Fig. 6; f-Fig. 9 is a perspective'of' the wedge piece; and 1 "Fig. 10 isa" side elevation of a hairbrush constructed in the manner shown-in Fig. 1 with the exception that the bristles and their backing are substituted for a mirror.

' -Referring'now to the several views and to the Figs. 1 to 5 in particular there is'shown-a hand mirror" wherein there is the mirror or glass l which is circular in outline and about which there is the encompassing wooden strip 2.

The wooden strip or'band 2 is preferably made of a'hard wood and isprovided with a groove about-{centrally of its'length which is formed before the strip is bent to shape. It is also internally groovednearits free ends as willbe later mentioned. The strip is then placed in a'steam box (not shown) so that is may be readilybent to the desired shape. As may be clearly'seen in Fig. 1 the strip is bent to form, what 1- term, the loop 3, within which will be positioned the mirror I, 1 The strip then bends inwardly as at 4' to provide the free end 5 and the adjacent free-end.

As heretofore mentioned there is the internal groove 1 formed in the loop which is of suflicient width to slightly overlap the peripheral edge of the mirror I.

The groove '1 about the loop does not extend down into the bend 4 of the strip so that the bend is not in any way weakened.

Referring now to Fig. 5 for the moment there is shown, what I term, the wedge piece 9 which is arcuate and struck from the same radius as the loop. This wedge piece is provided with two tapered or wedge-shaped ends in and is also provided with a longitudinally extending groove H, which groove is of substantially the same width and depth as the groove 1 formed in the loop of the encompassing strip 2.

The groove I as heretofore mentioned in the loop terminates at about where the bend 4 oc- These parts are all readily and easily assembled and by providing the arcuate wedge piece and drawing it up into the loop the glass will be rigidly held in position and will not become loose within its frame within the life of the article.

article of this kind and will not be affected by changes in temperature as would be a metal construction.

Having described the preferred form, reference now made to a modified form as shown in Figs.

6 to 9 inclusive.

' As will be noticed by comparing Fig. 6 with Fig.

curs in the strip so that the wedge-shaped ends of the arcuate wedge piece 9 bear against the' said encompassing strip 2, while the edge of the mirror or glass I will fit within the groove so that in reality there is a wooden band or strip completely encircling the periphery of the glass.

It will also be understood that when the free within its loop so that there is a complete drawing-in and encircling of the mirror or glass by I the free ends 2| so that there is no possibility the encompassing strip.

' Without this wedge piece 9, of course, there would be a holding action of the strip about the -mirror but by further providing the wooden wedge piece the mirror is forced far more tightly R that the mirror may be placed on a hook in within the groove of the entire loop than would otherwise be the case. This is a very important feature and is necessary to tightly and lastingly hold the mirror in place.

After the mirror, that is, the glass and the ends of the strip, after which the lower end I5 I of the binding cord will be placed through another small opening Hi to thus tightly hold the binding cord in place, V v

This binding cord is in the form of a resilient plastici binder and may be put on in a wet, stretched condition so that when it dries and sets it will form a strong and rigid binding. Of course, a metal resilient binding might also be used although the plastic binder has proved entirely satisfactory.

The free ends 5 and 6 of the strip 2 are also grooved as at 8 so that a wedge-shaped insert 9 may be forced within these grooves to thus spread the free ends and form a handle of sumcient width to conveniently hold the mirror. This insert 9' may be glued in position so that there is no possibility of its slipping out of place. ,This" insert 9 may also be of wood having a fancy grain and may be of a different color from the encompassing strip 2 to thus provide a very neat and attractive-looking handle and also beautify the mirror as a whole.

It will be seen that the article so far described consists of but the mirror or glass, the ,encompassing strip, the arcuate wedge piece, the plas tiobinders, and the insert that forms a part of thejhandle.

. wooden strip,

-1. a distinction between the preferred and this modified form is the manner in which the handle is formed. Also the necessary arcuate wedge piece is slightly different in construction. 7

As may be seen in Figsqfi'and' 7 there is the mirror'glass I! together with the encompassing wood strip I8 which, after-being steamed, is bent to form the loop 19, the bend 20, and the free ends 2|.

There is also in this form the wooden socketed handle 22 with they bore or socket 23, in which bore is to be jammed the free ends 2| of the strip l8. A wooden pin or metal pin 24 may be then driven if desired through the handle and of the handle becoming accidentally disengaged from the mirror frame. There also may be an aperture 25 in the lower end of the handle 'so the room if so desired. a

It will be noticed that the encompassing wooden strip I 8 has the groove on its internal surface as at 26 in which the mirror I! is held as in the preferred form. 1 I

In this instance, too, there is an arcuate wedge piece 2'! that has the tapered ends 28 to bear against the inner surface of the encompassing This wedge strip 21 is shown without the groove extending longitudinally thereof as shown in the wedge strip shown in the preferred form and in this instancethe groove 26 within the loop extends'down farther into the bend portion 20 so that this wooden arcuate wedge piece will also fit within the groove 26.

Thus when the mirror is first placed within the encompassing strip and the freeends of the handle forced towards each other the arcuate wedge piece 21 will bear against the encompassing strip and tend to force the mirror or glass tightly up within the loop so that here, too, we have a wooden band that entirely encompasses the mirror. "i

After the free ends are. onceiorced towards each other with the arcuate wedge piece in place, and the free ends 2| ,forced. down within, the socket of the handle, and then pinned, there little likelihood that. the parts can ever become separated. p I v I Referring now to Fig 10 it willbe understood; that the construction, here. isidentical with the construction. shown in Figs 1 but rather than placing a mirror or glass within the enclosing wooden strip there is shown a backing 30 that carries the bristles 3i the bristles in the backing being held in the frame 29 which .isidentical in all respects with the frame 2 of the preferred form asshown in Fig. 1. ree ends '33 1'or'n1 the handle and there will be the tying cord 32 and, of course, there will be a wedge-shaped piece between the free ends (not shown) similar to the wedge-shaped piece in Fig. 1.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised a toilet article such as a hand mirror or hair brush that is simple in construction and after the parts are once assembled will not become loose or separated from'each other. It will also be understood that by using a wooden strip for the frame and'especially by using an arcuate wedge piece as outlined the article gripped, whether it be a glass or a bristle-backing, will be held tightly, completely around its periphery as the gripping force will be equal from all points.

Finally, the manner of forming the handle is exceedingly simple and presents no manufacturing diificulties.

Many slight changes'might be made without in any way departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a toilet article such as a hand mirror, brush and the like, a flexible wooden strip in the form of a circular loop, the free ends of the strip extending inwardly and downwardly below the loop, the said loop provided with an internal groove, a circular element mounted within the groove of the loop and held in place by the walls of the groove in said loop, an arcuate wedge strip of substantially the same depth as the wooden strip that forms the loop and provided with external tapered ends and mounted in the bottom of the loop, and the inclined surfaces of the tapered ends bearing against the internal wall of the said loop, whereby when the free ends of the loop are pulled together in assembling the article the Wedge piece will also force the element Well up into the loop and also tightly grip the element to thus complete the gripping action about the periphery of the element, means for tightly holding the free ends of the strip in a set position and the strip forming a part of a handle for the article.

2. In a toilet article such as a hand mirror, brush and the like, a flexible wooden strip in the form of a circular loop, the free ends of the strip extending inwardly and downwardly below the loop, the said loop provided with an internal groove, a circular element mounted within the groove of the loop and held in place by the walls of the groove in said loop, an arcuate wedge strip of substantially the same depth as the wooden strip that forms the loop provided withexternal tapered ends and mounted in the bottom of the loop, and the tapered ends bearing against the internal wall of the said loop, whereby when the free ends of the loop are pulled together in assembling the article the wedge piece will also force the element well up into the loop and also tightly grip the element to thus complete the gripping action about the periphery of the element, means for tightly tying the free ends of the strip at a point slightly below the wedge strip, a wooden insert positioned between the free ends of the strip to thus form an integral handle for the article.

SAMUEL J. WINSLOW. 

